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Saif Bonar, UK Country Manager, Freelancer24 September 2011, Joomla! Day UK, London
Joomla! & Freelancer A Winning Combination for British Businesses
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2.75m users from more than 250 countries, territories and regions
£65m worth of projects completed
1.1m projects published
Top 300 websites worldwide
Freelancer's World
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120,000 users
110,000 projects
40,000 Employers
80,000 Freelancers
Freelancer in the UK
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99.9% of businesses in the UK are SMEs
4.5m SMEs – over 99% of businesses in the UK
SMEs generate in excess of £1,500 Billion pounds
SMEs in the UK
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Startups and Solopreneurs
SMEs
Employees supplementing income
Work at home mums
Students
Professional Freelancers
Who is using Freelancer in the UK?
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Hestia Services
30 projects completed in 3 months
Total re-brand
Saved more than £30,000
Website, brochures, videos
Case Study
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Precision Printing – Custom Software Dev
£ Multi-million printing company.
Custom solution to enable ID badge generation for guests to print facility in Essex.
Produced by a Freelancer for less than the cost of off-the shelf solutions in the UK Market.
Case Study
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Great British Voice
Sharon Brogden used Freelancer.co.uk to launch and grow her Voice Talent business.
Initially working alone she has expanded to a talent agency. She now secures work and
employs people through Freelancer.
Case Study
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Case Study
Danny Fontaine
Supplements income with Freelance work
Composed 200 Rap Songs to help Children in China Learn English
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Marketing
Recruitment
Partnerships
Community Building
Supporting SMEs
Supporting British Freelancers
The Future of Freelancer in the UK
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What is the position of Joomla! in the website design category? How many in that category in total? 15 out of 157
Total Joomla Projects
In past 12 months: 3,635
past 6 months: 1,917
all time: 11,033
Joomla! & Freelancer
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Top 10 countries posting Joomla! projectsUnited States
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
India
Netherlands
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Key Statistics
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Top 10 countries working on Joomla! projectsIndia
United States
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Vietnam
Romania
UK
Ukraine
Philippines
Indonesia
Key Statistics
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Top 10 UK Towns and Cities Employing Joomla! SpecialistsLondon
Manchester
Northampton
Birmingham
Londonderry
Belfast
Shrewsbury
Edinburgh
Peterborough
Key Statistics
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US Cosmetics Wholesaler & Retailer was looking for a low-cost website with transactional e-commerce.
Case Study: Cosmetics & Stuff
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Joomla! 1.5.23 and Virtuemart 1.1.8Total Cost: Less than £400
Case Study: Cosmetics and Stuff
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A Moscow based accounting firm wanted a new multilingual website developed, they wanted the ability to manage it themselves, they wanted a series of bespoke forms and some custom calculators using complex algorithms to give accurate quotes to prospective clients.
Case Study - DebitCredit.ru
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Joomla! 1.5
Bespoke PHP for Calculators
Graphics
Custom Template Design
DocMan
Multilingual
Total Cost: Under £800
Case Study - DebitCredit.ru
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Questions?